DirectClient: Texas Department of Transportation(TXDOT)
Solicitation Number: SCTASK1665300
Title: Power BI Platform Administrator
Location: 6230 E Stassney Ln, Austin, TX 78744
Duration: 12 Months with possible extension
Last date for submission: September 23, 2026 (12.00 PM-CST)
Important Note: Position will be 100% Onsite.
Job Description
The Analytics Platform Administrator will provide day-to-day administration, governance, development support, and customer assistance for the organization’s enterprise analytics platforms. The role will primarily manage the Microsoft Power BI environment and will serve as a backup administrator for the Tableau environment. The position requires hands-on expertise spanning dashboard development and maintenance as well as tenant architecture, security, performance, governance, and operational support.
Primary Responsibilities
Power BI Platform Administration and Governance
• Administer and maintain the organization’s Microsoft Power BI tenant, including configuration, security, governance, and operational support.
• Manage Power BI workspaces, datasets, dataflows, gateways, capacity settings, tenant settings, and licensing.
• Develop and implement governance standards, naming conventions, workspace management processes, and deployment practices.
• Monitor platform utilization, performance, reliability, and adoption across the organization.
• Identify platform optimization opportunities and recommend improvements to architecture, performance, scalability, and user experience.
• Monitor system health and proactively address issues before they affect users.
Customer Support and Training
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance for Power BI and Tableau users.
• Troubleshoot report performance issues and implement appropriate optimization techniques.
• Assist business users with dashboard publication, dataset refresh issues, access requests, and platform-related questions.
• Develop user guides, standards, and training materials.
• Deliver training and knowledge-transfer sessions to increase platform adoption and self-service analytics capabilities.
Operational and Vendor Support
• Serve as secondary administrator and backup resource for the Tableau platform, cross-training with the primary Tableau administrator to support continuity of platform operations.
• Support migration, integration, and governance activities involving both Tableau and Power BI environments.
• Support platform upgrades, patches, and service changes.
• Coordinate with Microsoft, Tableau, and other vendors as needed to resolve technical issues.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and service improvement activities.
• Monitor system health and proactively address issues before they affect users.
Minimum Qualifications
6 years: Experience administering, implementing, or supporting enterprise business intelligence and analytics platforms.
5 years: Hands-on experience developing and maintaining Power BI reports, dashboards, datasets, and semantic models.
4 years: Experience administering Power BI environments, including tenant settings, workspaces, gateways, security, and governance.
3 years: Microsoft Fabric administration, implementation, or platform support.
4 years: Experience with problem-solving and troubleshooting reporting, performance, connectivity, and data refresh issues while communicating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
6 years: Strong organization and time management skills to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
Preferred Qualifications
2 years: Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud administration, including permissions, governance, content management, or operational support.
2 years: Supporting enterprise analytics governance programs, standards, or operating models.
3 years: Developing automated reporting, platform administration, or data integration solutions.
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